Sunday Funday: The Big Game Edition

Happy Sunday, Red Bull GRC fans! Today is one of the biggest sporting days in America as the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons get ready to play for the championship in Houston. With that in mind, we thought we’d have some football-themed fun—and even give you some of our top drivers’ picks for this year’s champion!

Hitting the Road

Including the upcoming 2017 season, Red Bull GRC events have hit the home markets of half of the NFL’s 32 teams. See if you can name the year and host venue for each—we’ll spot you the teams themselves:

Arizona Cardinals

Atlanta Falcons

Carolina Panthers

Dallas Cowboys

Denver Broncos

Detroit Lions

Indianapolis Colts

Los Angeles Chargers

Los Angeles Rams

Miami Dolphins

New England Patriots

New York Giants/Jets

Philadelphia Eagles

Seattle Seahawks

Tennessee Titans

Washington Redskins

Hometown Teams

Many Red Bull GRC drivers race under the American flag, including more than two dozen last year alone in the Supercar and GRC Lites classes combined. We make no claims of any driver’s allegiance to one team over another, but we can tell you who plays in the closest stadium to their hometown:

Supercar Drivers

Driver

2016 Finish

Hometown

Closest Team

Miles

Scott Speed

1st, Supercar

Mt. Holly, NC

Carolina Panthers

13

Tanner Foust

2nd, Supercar

Dana Point, CA

Los Angeles Rams

63

Brian Deegan

3rd, Supercar

Omaha, NE

Kansas City Chiefs

188

Austin Dyne

8th, Supercar

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles Rams

18

Jeff Ward

9th, Supercar

Newport Beach, CA

Los Angeles Rams

44

Rhys Millen

10th, Supercar

Huntington Beach, CA

Los Angeles Rams

37

Tanner Whitten

14th, Supercar

Rochester, IL

Chicago Bears

203

Bucky Lasek

15th, Supercar

Dundalk, MD

Baltimore Ravens

8

Mitchell deJong

16th, Supercar

Temecula, CA

Los Angeles Rams

90

GRC Lites Drivers

Driver

2016 Finish

Hometown

Closest Team

Miles

Cabot Bigham

1st, Lites

Weston, MA

New England Patriots

28

Conner Martell

4th, Lites

Colchester, VT

New England Patriots

244

Christian Brooks

5th, Lites

Santa Clarita, CA

Los Angeles Rams

33

Alex Keyes

6th, Lites

Folsom, CA

Oakland Raiders

108

Travis PeCoy

8th, Lites

Yorba Linda, CA

Los Angeles Rams

39

Colin Braun

10th, Lites

Ovalo, TX

Dallas Cowboys

183

Collete Davis

11th, Lites

San Francisco, CA

San Francisco 49ers

43

Harry Gottsacker

T-12th, Lites

San Antonio, TX

Houston Texans

201

Parker Chase

T-12th, Lites

New Braunfels, TX

Houston Texans

178

Trenton Estep

15th, Lites

San Antonio, TX

Houston Texans

201

Scott Anderson

16th, Lites

Fort Collins, CO

Denver Broncos

64

Jon Bennett

17th, Lites

Fort Knox, KY

Cincinnati Bengals

137

Cole Keatts

18th, Lites

Lewiston, ID

Seattle Seahawks

315

Preston Murray

20th, Lites

San Clemente, CA

Los Angeles Rams

66

James Rimmer

21st, Lites

Sammamish, WA

Seattle Seahawks

21

Nur Ali

22nd, Lites

Trophy Club, TX

Dallas Cowboys

25

Drivers’ Picks

We asked some of our more football-astute drivers to pick tonight’s winner. We make no claims that any of these guys know what they’re talking about, but here they are regardless: